North Carolina
Counties | Estimated
Growth Rate
% | Estimated
Population
2005 | Actual Census
2000 | | | North Carolina | 7.49% | 8,683,242 | 8,078,429 | | | | | | | Alamance County | 6.89% | 140,533 | 131,470 | | Alexander County | 5.39% | 35,492 | 33,678 | | Alleghany County | 1.86% | 10,900 | 10,701 | | Anson County | 0.96% | 25,499 | 25,257 | | Ashe County | 3.63% | 25,347 | 24,458 | | Avery County | 2.61% | 17,641 | 17,193 | | Beaufort County | 2.29% | 46,018 | 44,989 | | Bertie County | -1.23% | 19,480 | 19,722 | | Bladen County | 2.11% | 32,938 | 32,256 | | Brunswick County | 20.87% | 89,162 | 73,766 | | Buncombe County | 5.75% | 218,876 | 206,973 | | Burke County | 0.15% | 89,399 | 89,268 | | Cabarrus County | 13.61% | 150,244 | 132,243 | | Caldwell County | 1.94% | 79,122 | 77,614 | | Camden County | 29.41% | 8,967 | 6,929 | | Carteret County | 5.26% | 62,525 | 59,403 | | Caswell County | 0.25% | 23,608 | 23,550 | | Catawba County | 6.42% | 151,641 | 142,488 | | Chatham County | 16.65% | 58,002 | 49,724 | | Cherokee County | 5.76% | 25,796 | 24,390 | | Chowan County | 2.88% | 14,528 | 14,121 | | Clay County | 10.75% | 9,765 | 8,817 | | Cleveland County | 1.77% | 98,288 | 96,577 | | Columbus County | -0.03% | 54,746 | 54,761 | | Craven County | -0.94% | 90,795 | 91,660 | | Cumberland County | 0.56% | 304,520 | 302,814 | | Currituck County | 26.01% | 23,112 | 18,341 | | Dare County | 12.28% | 33,903 | 30,195 | | Davidson County | 4.71% | 154,623 | 147,665 | | Davie County | 11.61% | 39,136 | 35,066 | | Duplin County | 5.67% | 51,985 | 49,197 | | Durham County | 8.04% | 242,582 | 224,531 | | Edgecombe County | -2.13% | 54,129 | 55,309 | | Forsyth County | 6.20% | 325,967 | 306,931 | | Franklin County | 14.32% | 54,429 | 47,613 | | Gaston County | 2.85% | 196,137 | 190,700 | | Gates County | 6.82% | 11,224 | 10,507 | | Graham County | 1.15% | 8,085 | 7,993 | | Granville County | 10.08% | 53,674 | 48,759 | | Greene County | 5.08% | 20,026 | 19,057 | | Guilford County | 5.01% | 443,519 | 422,355 | | Halifax County | -2.22% | 56,023 | 57,297 | | Harnett County | 13.21% | 103,692 | 91,591 | | Haywood County | 4.37% | 56,482 | 54,116 | | Henderson County | 8.46% | 97,217 | 89,631 | | Hertford County | 2.71% | 23,574 | 22,952 | | Hoke County | 20.99% | 41,016 | 33,900 | | Hyde County | -6.51% | 5,413 | 5,790 | | Iredell County | 14.01% | 140,924 | 123,610 | | Jackson County | 6.30% | 35,368 | 33,272 | | Johnston County | 18.77% | 146,437 | 123,293 | | Jones County | -0.80% | 10,311 | 10,394 | | Lee County | 12.71% | 55,704 | 49,424 | | Lenoir County | -2.58% | 57,961 | 59,499 | | Lincoln County | 9.06% | 69,851 | 64,049 | | McDowell County | 2.31% | 43,201 | 42,224 | | Macon County | 7.27% | 32,148 | 29,969 | | Madison County | 2.82% | 20,256 | 19,701 | | Martin County | -3.43% | 24,643 | 25,517 | | Mecklenburg County | 13.72% | 796,372 | 700,311 | | Mitchell County | 0.38% | 15,784 | 15,724 | | Montgomery County | 1.43% | 27,322 | 26,936 | | Moore County | 8.69% | 81,685 | 75,155 | | Nash County | 4.15% | 91,378 | 87,735 | | New Hanover County | 11.75% | 179,553 | 160,670 | | Northampton County | -2.75% | 21,483 | 22,090 | | Onslow County | 1.56% | 152,440 | 150,099 | | Orange County | 2.13% | 118,386 | 115,912 | | Pamlico County | -1.62% | 12,735 | 12,945 | | Pasquotank County | 9.72% | 38,270 | 34,879 | | Pender County | 12.49% | 46,429 | 41,273 | | Perquimans County | 5.84% | 12,080 | 11,413 | | Person County | 4.09% | 37,217 | 35,756 | | Pitt County | 6.31% | 142,570 | 134,111 | | Polk County | 3.93% | 19,134 | 18,411 | | Randolph County | 5.55% | 138,367 | 131,090 | | Richmond County | 0.43% | 46,781 | 46,583 | | Robeson County | 3.39% | 127,586 | 123,399 | | Rockingham County | 0.70% | 92,614 | 91,968 | | Rowan County | 3.39% | 135,099 | 130,667 | | Rutherford County | 1.24% | 63,771 | 62,992 | | Sampson County | 4.55% | 63,063 | 60,319 | | Scotland County | 3.21% | 37,180 | 36,022 | | Stanly County | 1.34% | 58,964 | 58,187 | | Stokes County | 2.22% | 45,858 | 44,861 | | Surry County | 1.92% | 72,601 | 71,235 | | Swain County | 1.14% | 13,167 | 13,019 | | Transylvania County | 0.84% | 29,626 | 29,379 | | Tyrrell County | 0.22% | 4,157 | 4,148 | | Union County | 29.65% | 162,929 | 125,669 | | Vance County | 1.43% | 43,771 | 43,156 | | Wake County | 18.25% | 748,815 | 633,233 | | Warren County | -1.04% | 19,729 | 19,936 | | Washington County | -3.12% | 13,282 | 13,710 | | Watauga County | -0.64% | 42,472 | 42,747 | | Wayne County | 0.97% | 114,448 | 113,351 | | Wilkes County | 2.40% | 67,390 | 65,812 | | Wilson County | 3.18% | 76,281 | 73,932 | | Yadkin County | 3.16% | 37,668 | 36,515 | | Yancey County | 2.20% | 18,201 | 17,809 |
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U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2003, North Carolina, Washington, DC,2005 |
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